I got the DS1522+ few days ago, this is my first NAS ever, and after watching all you experts guys on youtube videos and being so close to get the DS923+ few minutes before to did my purchase i decided to pay 100$ more for the 1522+ and im very happy so far. thank you so much for all the information and learning in your videos.

After the DSM 7.2 upgrade, the DS1522+ has also the ability to build a volume on the SSD drives. I am glad I went for the 1522+.

Just came across your channel. Great content and clear explanations. I'm finally starting my NAS and was totally clueless before watching your videos. Perfect timing! I will be going with the DS 1522+. Thank you

Thank you for this! Just ordered DS1522+ via your link. Much appreciated.

Just bought the 1522+ after considerable comparison between it and the 920+/923+. Thanks for validating my decision. I’m really pleased so far. And yes, I only populated 3 of the 5 bays to get started.

I’ve enjoyed your videos and learnt so much setting up NAS drives. A suggestion I’d like to see is talking about the options for photography and video editing directly from the NAS using Resolve, Lightroom and Photoshop etc. There is a lot of videos about using NAS for purely backup, but it would be good to see a video for this, if it is Eve an option. I assume something like the DS 1522+ would be capable of editing RAW files from with a 10GB connection on the NAS, the switch and the PC

Thanks so much for the great video! Im planning on setting up a 1522+. Can you suggest the drives that I should get? And do you have a link so you can get a kick back from the purchase that I'm about to make?

Hi, I am new to all of this storage stuff and I have watched a bunch of videos and I am still so confused lol. I am currently working off of an external ssd, I want to be able to have a larger storage that I can pull my footage from and refer to other projects on in an easy way. So I am thinking this would be the perfect solution. My question is, do all my bins need to have a hard drive in it if I choose a 5 bin NAS? I am trying to think of a cost efficient way of building a system over time as needed. I hope this makes sense.

I really need your help on this one . I already own a DS418 and want to buy another Synology nas (maybe 1522) . I want the DS418 to be on my home and the 1522 on another location. Can I backup the 1522 to the 418 and vice versa ? I want them besides backup to synchronise also. Every single change I make on one want to be synchronised to the other . Is this possible ? PS Your videos are extremely useful

Hi @SpaceRex - On the Synology website under the supported HDD section for DS1522+, not a single 18TB third-party HDD is listed. Max I can find was the Toshiba HDWG31G*ZSTA which is 16TB. This will be my first home-based NAS. I wanted to know if I can go directly for two Seagate IronWolf Pro 18TB NAS? I have heard that Synology DSM may show these as unrecognized drives and display a notification that I cannot get rid of. Can I still continue with the purchase or I should go for two 16 TB Toshiba drives? BTW loved the video.

Hey, nice video! I have a question: if you set up a volume on the NVME SSDs and have another volume on the HDDs, do the HDDs still go to sleep? Currently I have a DS1515+ and had a couple of Sata SSDs and a couple of HDDs in there and couldn’t get the HDDs go to sleep. I had Docker with a few containers running but they only accessed the SSDs. So that was a bit confusing. Would be glad if you or someone else could help me there :)

What does creating a volume on the SSD give you, other than a ridiculously expensive volume?

I wish you would recommend a step-up rig that allows for hardware transcoding. Please consider this in a new video.

Space Rex can you find out if NVME drives can work as Volume in the 1522+

Thank you so much for these excellent videos! I bought a 923+ recently and have 3x 4TB SSDs in it now. I bought a 4th to either expand capacity or switch to SHR-2 to have double redundancy just due to paranoia,, but really I don't need more than 4TB of critical data to store. I thought I heard you say don't fill up all the bays if we don't need to; instead, leave one empty. Why is that?

Is there a decent USB has hubs with 4 or more drop in bays that don't cost $1000+ ?

Yeah i would like to see this kind of CPUs and amount of ram in 2 bay NASes. I dont need this many bays but i need the performance. We-lans? Do you mean wifi?

Very nice and informative video! I currently have DS718+; and now I am wanting a bigger NAS. How easy to upgrade/transfer all my data from DS718+ to that DS1522+? Can I just remove the drives from DS718+ and insert them into DS1522+ and done; or do I have to start everything over again?

Thanks for putting the DS1522* onto my radar. I got it instead of the DS923+ which was on my short list. I will definitely miss the GPU functionality but went with Synology again. The SSD storage is not interesting if you have to pay 400 for 800gb of space.

A question about a trans coding for Plex solution: Can I just connect an Nvidia Shield Pro to the 1522, and use the Shield Pro as the Plex server with its trans coding strengths, but the data still resides on the 1522? I'm looking to get my 1st nas myself.

Can I use a non Synology NVME as a cache drive? on DS1522+

Can you recommend a DAS that is like this? I need something of this nature but only 1 computer needs to access it.

SSD M2 is Synology only, it's very bad. Two such disks for reading and writing cache will cost as much as 923 NAS. Synology has gone crazy.

I just bought the 920+ based on what the 923+ offers and my needs, thank you for all your videos

What is a good Synology to store Media files on so a smart TV can play these over FTP via Kodi? i also already have a DS 418 is there any worth of upgrading?

Thank you for these great videos--you do a wonderful job explaining all this stuff to newbies like me. I'm looking to buy my first NAS, and really like the look of Synology for its ease of use and friendliness to beginners. Trouble is, the primary use for my NAS will be Plex. I wonder if you might consider making a video to elaborate on the point made at 8:15, where you say "if you're a hardware transcoder..." I'd love to learn more about what that means, or perhaps a demonstration video showing what Plex looks like when it's actually running on one of those machines. I know that might be a niche request, so feel free to ignore, but thanks for considering! Keep up the great work, your channel is wonderful.

mac mini m1 are great for transcoding and efficient little plex media servers. I plan on using one with the new DS1522+ I ordered. Just use SMB3 to share the media volumes with the mac mini m1 and have the mac serve.

Coming on 12 months ago I purchased a Synology NAS, the 220j. But at the time it was just to store photographs, home video and my music collection. Perfect for this purpose although couple of things now I have started a project with my DVD’s, which a larger more powerful NAS would be perfect… one issue I have with the nas is with my windows pc, although it is mapped and seen on the network, I still have to go throughout the intranet portal.. Where is with Mac no problems. Although I think I prefer the Synology DSM Software, if I was to get a bigger NAS, then some of the QNAP products are actually more attractive from a hardware features spec over Synology. Just the perceived vulnerability to hackers in the software and the set up in said software …

If you're using the 1522 in Raid 1 mirroring, what can the extra or odd bay be used for

I have a 1522+ Populated with 5x 14TB Drives WD Red working with no issues , I want to use the NVME as Volumes not read write cache , Can the 1522+ do this in 7.2 DSM after all the DS923+ and DS1522+ have the same CPU . I don't see why this would not work

isnt 923+ now compatible with most popular m.2?

excellent video! thanks!

I got the 1522+ and loving it. Very solid unit, I don't think the 923+ makes sense already having this unit.

I'm curious why you say the 1520+ was not that useful and the 920+ was the staple. They are both on the same architecture with the 1520+ having the extra bay and 3 more LAN ports (handy for SMB multichannel). For these reasons I picked the 1520+. I see the incremental cost of the 1520+ worth it for these additional features.

You have a great channel!

For some reason iron Wolf Pro ST16000NM001G is not in the recommended list, will it work fine here?

The better question would have been the Synology DS1522+ vs DS1621+

Spacerex is a GOD! :) I just got my 1522+ and without Spacerex I would of not had my setup. 1. Which RAM chips can i get on Amazon for my Ds1522+? 2. Where can I send you a donation for your videos!!! :)❤🎉❤

I already feel bad for mentioning it, and I hope you take it as constructive feedback, but although your videos are great, with amazing in-depth information and good video quality, the way you talk sounds like you are out of breath all the time. Not sure if other people are bothered by it, but I am sensitive for hyperventilation and it triggers it somehow. :-D Just a tip for when you want to take it to the next level you can benefit from speech coaching. Otherwise great channel! I am considering the DS1522+ righ5 now. All the best, Jonas

which NAS would you recommend for Plex hardware transcoding? I'm currently using a 1019+ and I'm hitting some limits on the number of files and indexing...so I'm looking to upgrade

I just bought a 1522+ I have not received it yet but looking forward to making it into a complete media server / VPN / internet Cloud drive. I jumped in on a DS220j and rapidly discovered I could not backup and VPN at the same time... which is something I would like to do often. *that is VPN into my home network and access my library while on the road.* I have also ordered the 32gig ram upgrade and I have a 1TB nvme drive spare that I will slap in it for caching. Looking forward to it lasting an exceptionally long time.

Bought a DS923+ just because DS1522+ was not available at the moment. Really happy with 923+ (and yes, this is my first NAS ever).

I really like the Synology units and have great success with them in the past. But they keep lagging in their technology and trying to go the proprietary route. They need to go for at least 2.5 Gbe and better CPUs at the mid range and stop trying to force their own expensive rebranded hardware. I can't justify buying their newer units for these reasons. I have units I want to upgrade but I'm starting to look elsewhere as I'm getting tired of waiting for them to provide decent hardware. There's a lot of open source alternatives that will likely end up being a lot more work to maintain but will give vastly better hardware and options. I guess maybe their current business plans aren't working out as very profitable but this kind of thinking must be hurting their sales.

But DS1522+ or DS1621+?

When Memory Pool will be available on 1522+?

DS1621+ is $100 more, has an extra bay, and can take a normal PCI card

Right now, I can get the DS923+ for $479. Is the 1522+ at $699 still the better buy?

SSD slots are only for cache. You can setup it as storage space, but it is not officially supported, means they may disable it. This what I learned from other videos, so confused

Went with the 923 with the recent sales price, I think it will do, I replace them every 5-7 years anyway to try and ensure reliability. The difference in price covers the 10gbe nic I need and my existing 4 bays is far from full

Is DS1522+ worth if cost 35% more money than DS923+ in my country?

Now that the 923+ is $500 and $200 less than the 1522+, is it still worth it to get the 1522?

I like your straight to the point comparisons, unlike other reviewers left you hanging which one they think is better. I'll go ahead getting the DS1522+ because of extra bay and 8gb of ram, besides other reasons you have mentioned 👍

DS1821+ wins over both for me, just because of the CPU cores. I have a couple of virtual machines running on it and that really helps.

It looks like the Drive compatibility limitations plague the 1522+ unit. The 16 and 18TB drive support leans to the overpriced Synology-branded drives unless one is using this for surveillance purposes (Skyhawk AI drives). These drive limitations are making choosing/recommending Synology solutions for our clients very difficult.

External Ports RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port* 4 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support)

I fucking love this guy, his entire being lifts me up.

It's Jan 2024, is the release of a 1524 imminent?

I heard the 1522 is louder. True?

6:00 sometimes I wonder, like 10 years later, would I just buy a new NAS instead, when possibly 8TB or 16TB SSD are selling for $120 and $250 like today's 2TB and 4TB. Would it be about right to consider every 3 years, the price of TB drops to half as before? So 10 years mean the halving happening for 3 times... that also means for the same price, the number of TB doubles... so maybe 2TB can become 16TB for the price of $120... I don't know... or if the doubling occurs every 5 years, then it is 8TB for $120 in 10 years. I just looked: my Amazon purchase history shows in July 2015, I got Samsung 850 EVO 500GB for $179... and today Apr 2023 it is 2TB for $119 SAMSUNG 870 EVO 2TB... so close to 8 years (how time flies) it doubled twice (500GB to 2TB) and at a lower price... so it does look like the doubling period is about 3 or 3.5 years. P.S. using math, I was able to find the price decline per day is 0.999372267317714 multiple of the day before, so in 3 years, it is 0.999372267317714 to the power (365 x 3) = 0.5028, so it does look like the halving rate or double rate is about 3 years

I think I bought my last Synology NAS last summer. The sheer wisdom of Synology to not accept other manufacturer's drives and to not support 2g5 or 5 Gbps is unacceptable. It's a solid OS , I'm using it since my first ds-101. I'm feeling a bit sad to know that I have to switch. I just have to. I think you're mild on your verdict.

Synology screwed up with new processor it uses in all new NASes, no GPU, no transcoding, and one of my usages is as Plex server. Also they screwed up with forcing Synology NVME ssds if you want to create storage volume. I have DS 918+, and I hope thay will change that in the future, or this will be my last Synology NAS 😢

you forgot the synology DS1522+ has 10GB on board on the ethernet ports above the 4 LAN ports

Just bought the DS1522+ and 4 x WD Red Pro 8 TB drives. Synology Assistant and Web Assistant fail to recognise the drives. Failed to install the DSM. Synology Tech Support took the line "the drives aren't on the compatibility list" So far, I don't think much of Synology. Waste of time and money.

1 more bay cost me around $ 260 in my country, so DS 923+ is more reasonable for me

Hot spare alone is the feature to get a 5 bay.

"Century is a really long time"

I was looking into these after having the pleasure of using Asustor! lol. It's been a nightmare, and I've only owned it for a few days. Frustrating setup instructions to say the least. I wouldn't recommend it for beginners (Like me) getting started in using a NAS.

As a Synology fan i was ready to buy one of them , but the lack of integrated GPU on both of them i will keep away and probably i will go for the QNAP . Synology made a huge mistake in my opinion to switch to AMD without GPU on it. A lot of people will switch to QNAP or something in my opinion .

Why did Synology choose to have an external power brick on the DS1522+, my DS1517+ has a "normal" power cable which I think is way better and less dodgy.

For sure you don't want the new 1522+, unless you are aware that Synology is going thru propietary way and you are ok with it. Why I have returned mine 2 days ago: - Not compatible with HDD (only 2 from 5 are compatible, 16 TB Toshiba and 4 TB Seagate, other 3 x 8 TB Seagate was incompatble) - Not compatible with DDR4 (Kingston 16 Gb x 2, DDR 4 2666MhZ) - Not compatible with M.2 drives used for storage cache (2 x 1 TB Samsung 980 M.2 drives) - No storage pool for those M.2 drives. If you are happy with only 8 Gb of ECC Sodimm, that comes with this NAS then you are ok but be aware, not all SSD or HDD are compatible with this NAS. You will receive a notification about compatibility, your NAS will work, but I have no idea what impact will have for a service issue if you use "imcompatible" storage or ram. Proprietary Synology stuff is expensive, Propietary hdd's, propietary ECC Sodimm, no, thank you. In this case I will build my own NAS, will be cheaper anyway.

Not that it's available any more, but the 1520+ beats both of these if you want to use it as a Plex server. Can't hardware transcode with either of these units thanks to Synology switching to the AMD Ryzen CPU.

How's it going.. same shirt new day.

It’s too bad Synology didn’t select the Ryzen R1606G processor with the embedded GPU for these units.

Dude, you need to have LED/RGB lights in the background 🤦‍♂️. Get with it💁🏼

I think it makes more sense to get the DS923+. When you need more bays, then just get the expansion unit. Then when you still need more bays, then you should upgrade to the 1823+, followed by another expansion unit. The 923+ actually goes on sale while the 1522 doesn't seem to so I don't think it actually makes sense. If you start off with the 1522+, then it makes less upgrade to the 1823+

why he sounds like he is whispering but opens his mouth like as when he was shouting?

Nascompaee beat you to it by about two hours 😂

Synology do very badly without using a processor with a built-in graphics accelerator. For that kind of money without a built-in GPU, these NAS are garbage and there are analogues cheaper with GPU, the same QNAP

Not if your doing a virual machine

DS923+ is for company use DS1522+ is for home use

does anyone else have an issue with this guys creepy accent. So fabricated!